Package for disposable coated acupuncture needle

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a package for a disposable coated acupuncture needle, wherein the package is made up of disposable coated acupuncture needles ( 1 ), a packaging box ( 2 ) and a sealed bag ( 3 ). A vacuum packaging method may be used in the package to seal the packaging box containing the acupuncture needles, so as to perform sterilization via high-energy electron or isotope irradiation. When in use, the seal bag ( 3 ) is torn off, a drawing strap ( 16 ) is pulled so as to pull out the package box ( 2 ), a support ( 6 ) is folded to expose an acupuncture needle handle ( 13 ), and then the disposable coated acupuncture needle ( 1 ) can be used for conducting sterile operation. The disposable coated acupuncture needle has the advantages that multiple acupuncture needles can be packaged in the same package box and can be conveniently taken for use; a user can less contaminate the other needles when taking and using a small number of acupuncture needles in the package box, and the sterile operation is facilitated.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation in part of International PatentApplication No.PCT/CN2015/000111 with a filing date of Feb. 25, 2015,designating the United States, now pending, and further claims priorityto Chinese Patent Application No. 201410064777.4 with a filing date ofFeb. 20, 2014. The content of the aforementioned applications, includingany intervening amendments thereto, are incorporated herein byreference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a sterile acupuncture needle packagetechnology, in particular to a package for disposable coated acupunctureneedle.

BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

In prior art, the package technology of sterile acupuncture needle isthe acupuncture needle is packaged in plastic bubble cap with specialdialyzing paper or aluminum foil and sterilization is conducted viahigh-energy electron or isotope or high-energy electron; the defects arethat acupuncture needles are packaged in the plastic bubble capseparately, when in use, it should be unsealed separately, theefficiency is low and it cannot be conveniently taken for use; ormultiple acupuncture needles are packaged in the same plastic bubble capand unsealed times can be reduced, however, a user may contaminate theother needles when taking, and the sterile operation is not facilitated.

SUMMARY OF PRESENT INVENTION

For above problems, the present invention proposes a package for adisposable coated acupuncture needle, wherein the package is made up ofdisposable coated acupuncture needles (1), a packaging box (2) and asealed bag (3).

The technical scheme of the disposable coated acupuncture needles (1) isdescribed as Chinese patent application no. 200410104090.5; the packagebox (2) is generally made of polyethylene, polypropylene or othersuitable medical packaging plastics; the sealed bag (3) is generallymade of metal foil, plastic or al compound packing film; the package box(2) is made up of a box body (4), a needle support board (5) and asupport (6); the box body (4) is provided with a groove (7) or a snapjoint (8) or an embedded shaft (17) and a support connecting device (9);the box body (4) is embedded with the needle support board (5) via thegroove (7) or the snap joint (8), or the box body (4) is embedded withan embedded hole (19) on the needle support board (5) via the embeddedshaft (17); a needle embedding device (10) is arranged on the needlesupport board (5); an acupuncture needle handle (13) is simply fixed bythe needle embedding device (10) in the form of an embedded clamp (11)or an embedded groove (12); the support (6) is provided with a box bodyconnecting device (14); the box body (4) and the support (6) areconnected in the combination mode of shaft and hole through the supportconnecting device (9) and the box body connecting device (14), such thatthe support (6) can constitute the structure of the packaging box (2)with the box body (4) by transposition; the support (6) can also exposethe acupuncture needle handle (13) via transposition, and support thebox body (4) for conducting sterile operation; the packaging box (2)containing the disposable coated acupuncture needles (1) adopts a sealedbag (3) to be used as vacuum packaging; for convenient unsealing, thesealing place of one end of the sealed bag (3) is provided with aY-shaped or V-shaped unsealing notch (15); the unsealing notch (15) endof the packaged box (2) is provided with a drawing strap (16), when theunsealing notch (15) is torn off, the exposed drawing strap (16) ispulled, such that the packaging box (2) in the sealed bag (3) can bepulled out conveniently, and the location of above pair holes and shaftscan be exchanged.

A vacuum packaging method may be used in the package to seal thepackaging box containing the acupuncture needles, so as to performsterilization via high-energy electron or isotope irradiation. When inuse, the seal bag (3) is torn off, a drawing strap (16) is pulled so asto pull out the package box (2), a support (6) is folded to expose anacupuncture needle handle (13), and then the disposable coatedacupuncture needle (1) can be used for conducting sterile operation.

The present invention has the advantages:

1. multiple acupuncture needles can be packaged in the same package boxand can be conveniently taken for use; a user can less contaminate theother needles when taking and using a small number of acupunctureneedles in the package box, and the sterile operation is facilitated.

2. the coated acupuncture needles are embedded on the needle supportboard (5), and the sealed bag (3) made up of plastic film or plasticcomposite film is used as vacuum packaging, such that it has isolationeffect as general sealed package, and the film of coated acupunctureneedles difficult to be packaged and fixed and the whole coatedacupuncture needles can be evenly, smoothly and properly packaged andfixed, which can avoid displacement and disorder of product intransportation process due to improper packaging, and avoid the sharppoint of a needle becoming blunt or curving due to collision.

3. the box body (4) and the support (6) are connected via the supportconnecting device (9), such that the support (6) can constitute thestructure of the packaging box (2) with the box body (4) bytransposition; the support (6) can also expose the acupuncture needlehandle (13) via transposition, and support the box body (4) forconducting sterile operation, which can increase the technical level andefficiency of sterile operation.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a structure schematic diagram of a disposable coatedacupuncture needle.

FIG. 2 is a structure schematic diagram of a package for disposablecoated acupuncture needle according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is another structure schematic diagram of a package fordisposable coated acupuncture needle according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a sealed bag of a package fordisposable coated acupuncture needle used as vacuum packaging accordingto the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a structure schematic diagram of a box body of a package fordisposable coated acupuncture needle according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a structure schematic diagram of a support of a package fordisposable coated acupuncture needle according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a structure schematic diagram of a needle support board of apackage for disposable coated acupuncture needle according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 8 is another structure schematic diagram of a needle support boardof a package for disposable coated acupuncture needle according to thepresent invention.

FIG. 9 is a cross-section diagram of a packaging box of a disposablecoated acupuncture needle according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is the other cross-section diagram of a packaging box of adisposable coated acupuncture needle according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is another cross-section diagram of a packaging box of adisposable coated acupuncture needle according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a top view of the inner model appearance of a packaging boxof a disposable coated acupuncture needle according to the presentinvention.

In which: (1): disposable coated acupuncture needles; (2): packagingbox; (3): sealed bag; (4): box body; (5): needle support board; (6):support; (7): groove; (8): snap joint; (9): support connecting device;(10): needle embedding device; (11): embedding clamp; (12): embeddinggroove; (13); acupuncture needle handle; (14): box body connectingdevice; (15): unsealing notch; (16): drawing strap; (17): embeddingshaft; and (18): embedding hole.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The present invention is further described with reference to drawingsand embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a structure schematic diagram of a disposable coatedacupuncture needle, as FIG. 1 shown, the needle point of the disposablecoated acupuncture needle is coated, the back end is a acupunctureneedle handle (13).

FIG. 2 and FIG. 12 are packaging structure schematic diagrams accordingto the embodiments of the present invention, as FIG. 2 and FIG. 12shown, a box body (4), a needle support board (5) and a support (6) aremade by injection of polyethylene material, the acupuncture needlehandle (13) is embedded on the needle embedding device in the form of anembedding clamp (11); the box body (4) and the support (6) areconnected, such that such that the support (6) can constitute thestructure of a packaging box (2) with the box body (4) by transposition;the support (6) can also expose the acupuncture needle handle (13) viatransposition, and support the box body (4) for conducting sterileoperation.

FIG. 3 is another packaging structure schematic diagram according to theembodiments of present invention, which comprises the box body (4), theneedle support board (5), the support (6), a groove (7), a needleembedding device (10) and an embedding damp (11).

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a sealed bag used as vacuum packaging,which comprises a sealed bag (3) and an unsealing notch (15), as FIG. 4shown, the sealed bag (3) is generally made of metal foil, plastic or alcompound packing film, when packaging, the sealed bag (3) is vacuumizedby vacuum machine.

FIG. 3, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are structure schematic diagrams of a box bodyaccording to the embodiments of the present invention, which comprisesthe box body (4), a snap joint (8) and a support connecting device (9).One preferred embodiment of the snap joint (8) is taper or trapezoid,which is convenient for the insertion of the needle support board (5),one preferred embodiment of a support connecting device (9) is cylinder,which is for cooperation with the hole of a box body connecting device(14).

FIG. 2 and FIG. 6 are structure schematic diagrams of a supportaccording to the embodiments of the present invention, which comprises asupport (6) and the box body connecting device (14), as figures shown,the box body (4) and the support (6) are connected in the combinationmode of shaft and hole through the support connecting device (9) and thebox body connecting device (14), such that the support (6) canconstitute the structure of the packaging box (2) with the box body (4)by transposition; the support (6) can also expose the acupuncture needlehandle (13) via transposition, and support the box body (4).

FIG. 7 is a structure schematic diagram of a needle support boardaccording to the embodiments of the present invention, which comprisesthe needle support board (5), the needle embedding device (10), and theembedding clamp (11), and one preferred embodiment of the needleembedding device (10) is in the form of the embedding clamp (11).

FIG. 8 is another structure schematic diagram of a needle support boardaccording to the embodiments of the present invention, which comprisesthe needle support board (5), the needle embedding device (10), and anembedding groove (12), and the other preferred embodiment of the needleembedding device (10) is in the form of the embedding groove (12).

FIG. 9 is a cross-section diagram of a packaging box according to theembodiments of the present invention, which comprises the box body (4),the groove (7), the needle embedding device (10) and the embedding damp(11), and one preferred embodiment is that the box body (4) is embeddedwith the needle support board (5) via the groove (7).

FIG. 10 is the other cross-section diagram of a packaging box accordingto the embodiments of the present invention, which comprises the boxbody (4), a snap joint (8) and the needle support board (5), and theother preferred embodiment is that the box body (4) is embedded with theneedle support board (5) via the snap joint (8).

FIG. 11 is another cross-section diagram of a packaging box according tothe embodiments of the present invention, which comprises the box body(4), the needle support board (5), the needle embedding device (10), theembedding clamp (11), an embedding shaft (17) and an embedding hole(16), and another preferred embodiment is that the box body (4) isembedded with an embedded hole (19) on the needle support board (5) viathe embedded shaft (17).

FIG. 4 and FIG. 12 are a top view of the inner model appearance of apackaging box according to the embodiments of the present invention,which comprises a packaging box (2) and a drawing strap (16), when theunsealing notch (15) is torn off, the exposed drawing strap (16) ispulled, such that the packaging box (2) in the sealed bag (3) can bepulled out conveniently.

I claim:
 1. A package for disposable coated acupuncture needle,characterized in that it is made up of disposable coated acupunctureneedles (1), a packaging box (2) and a sealed bag (3), the packaging box(2) is made up of a box body (4), a needle support board (5) and asupport (6), the sealed bag (3) is made of plastic film or plasticcomposite film which can be used as vacuum packaging.
 2. The package fordisposable coated acupuncture needle according to claim 1, characterizedin that the box body (4) is provided with a groove (7) or a snap joint(8) or an embedded shaft (17) and a support connecting device (9); thebox body (4) is embedded with the needle support board (5) via thegroove (7) or the snap joint (8), or the box body (4) is embedded withan embedded hole (19) on the needle support board (5) via the embeddedshaft (17).
 3. The package for disposable coated acupuncture needleaccording to claim 1, characterized in that a needle embedding device(10) is arranged on the needle support board (5) an acupuncture needlehandle (13) is simply fixed by the needle embedding device (10) in theform of an embedded clamp (11) or an embedded groove (12).
 4. Thepackage for disposable coated acupuncture needle according to claim 1,characterized in that the support (6) is provided with a box bodyconnecting device (14); the box body (4) and the support (6) areconnected in the combination mode of shaft and hole through the supportconnecting device (9) and the box body connecting device (14), such thatthe support (6) can constitute the structure of the packaging box (2)with the box body (4) by transposition.
 5. The package for disposablecoated acupuncture needle according to claim 1, characterized in thatthe support (6) can also expose the acupuncture needle handle (13) viatransposition, and support the box body (4).
 6. The package fordisposable coated acupuncture needle according to claim 1, characterizedin that the packaging box (2) containing the disposable coatedacupuncture needles (1) adopts a sealed bag (3) made up of plastic filmor plastic composite film which can be used as vacuum packaging to beused as vacuum packaging.
 7. The package for disposable coatedacupuncture needle according to claim 6, characterized in that thesealing place of one end of the sealed bag (3) is provided with aY-shaped or V-shaped unsealing notch (15).
 8. The package for disposablecoated acupuncture needle according to claim 6, characterized in thatthe unsealing notch (15) end of the packaged box (2) is provided with adrawing strap (16).